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Civic authorities carry out anti-encroachment drive in Saiyedpura
Updated On: 09 September, 2024 05:05 PM IST | Surat | mid-day online correspondent
Surat, Sep 9 (PTI) The civic authorities in Gujarat`s Surat city carried out an anti-encroachment drive involving a bulldozer in Saiyedpura on Monday, hours after the locality witnessed rioting after some minors threw stones at a Ganesh pandal.
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Police deployment in Surat following clash in Saiyedpura/ PTI
On Monday, civic authorities in Surat`s Saiyedpura district initiated an anti-encroachment sweep, removing illegal buildings and street vendor handcarts with a bulldozer. This drive happened barely hours after some juveniles pelted stones at a Ganesh pandal, causing riots in the vicinity, reported PTI.
According to the report, officials from the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) were quick to emphasise that the drive was unrelated to the violence that erupted on Sunday night, claiming that the operation had been planned weeks in advance.
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